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What are the origins of modern furniture? For instance, what is the history of the sofa? The buffet? Etc.?

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What typically happens when large monopolies fall apart? ie How do the get dismantled by the public?

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Did the American Founding Fathers know of each other, or who each other was, before the Revolution started?

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In Elizabethan England, could midwives or physicians detect breech presentations during pregnancies? If so, how early? And how were they dealt with?

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I have heard claims that over time, during the Second Sino-Japanese war, Tokyo lost control of the expeditionary forces in China until they were basically operating on their own accord - How true is this?

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How famous or an actor was John Wilkes Booth at the time of the assassination? Did most of the masses recognize his name/profession upon hearing the news?

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Before and during WWII, did the Nazi government make public that they were sending people to concentration camps?

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Are there any sources which explicitly criticse/assign stereotypes to barbarians (ie the Persians as cowardly and liars, etc)

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American Boxing History

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How did the "stiff upper lip" become a defining characteristic of "Englishness" or the English national character?

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What are the origins of modern furniture? For instance, what is the history of the sofa? The buffet? Etc.?	7
What typically happens when large monopolies fall apart? ie How do the get dismantled by the public?	7
Did the American Founding Fathers know of each other, or who each other was, before the Revolution started?	7
In Elizabethan England, could midwives or physicians detect breech presentations during pregnancies? If so, how early? And how were they dealt with?	7
I have heard claims that over time, during the Second Sino-Japanese war, Tokyo lost control of the expeditionary forces in China until they were basically operating on their own accord - How true is this?	7
How famous or an actor was John Wilkes Booth at the time of the assassination? Did most of the masses recognize his name/profession upon hearing the news?	7
Before and during WWII, did the Nazi government make public that they were sending people to concentration camps?	7
Are there any sources which explicitly criticse/assign stereotypes to barbarians (ie the Persians as cowardly and liars, etc)	7
American Boxing History	7
How did the "stiff upper lip" become a defining characteristic of "Englishness" or the English national character?	7